[pkg-wpa-devel] Bug#594894: wpasupplicant: wpa_supplicant doesn't set WEP key with ath9k cards

[Luca Niccoli]

Package: wpasupplicant
Version: 0.6.10-2
Severity: important

In my wpa_supplicant config file I have entries like:
network={
	ssid="Network"
	key_mgmt=NONE
	wep_key0=aaaaaaaaaa
}

It used to work, but I have tried again recently and while wpa_gui reported I associated correctly with the AP I could not get a DHCP address.
iwconfig reports that the correct essid is set , but also "Encryption key:off"
running
#iwconfig wlan0 key aaaaaaaaaa essid Network
solves the problem, so I take wpa_supplicand doesn't properly set the wep key.
I've tried with both wpa-driver set to nl80211 and wext in /etc/network/interfaces, to no avail.
Everything's fine with WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or unencripted connections.
Cheers,

Luca
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-atom (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.utf8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages wpasupplicant depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112      add and remove users and groups
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-2   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.24-3   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libnl1                        1.1-5      library for dealing with netlink s
ii  libpcsclite1                  1.5.5-3    Middleware to access a smart card 
ii  libreadline6                  6.1-3      GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libssl0.9.8                   0.9.8o-1   SSL shared libraries
ii  lsb-base                      3.2-23.1   Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip

wpasupplicant recommends no packages.

Versions of packages wpasupplicant suggests:
pn  libengine-pkcs11-openssl      <none>     (no description available)
ii  wpagui                        0.6.10-2   graphical user interface for wpa_s

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